There Will Be No Women Directors on the Next Season of Game of Thrones (Again)
The directors for Season 7 of Game of Thrones have been announced, and there are more men behind the camera than naked boobs in front of it.
Meet Susanne Bier, Who Might Become the First Woman to Direct a Bond Movie
The British miniseries The Night Manager, likely to be nominated for everything, worked like one long movie—beautifully shot, subtly acted (especially for a spy/action thriller) and well-directed. Though the cast and production team was mostly men, one name stood out: director Susanne Bier, who reports indicate might…
Jill Soloway Sends a Call to Action for 'the Female Voice'
Jill Soloway recently appeared at L.A.’s Cinefamily theater to promote her website, Wifey.tv, and for a collaboration with all-women filmmaking collective Film Fatales. In 2013, Soloway launched the digital platform with co-founder Rebecca Odes to give women more meaningful content to watch online. Before a…
Spook Yourself Silly With These Lady-Directed Horror Films
Ms. in the Biz put together a list of ten lady filmmakers making scary-ass films after Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman of Nobody Can Cool wrote to her with these intriguing (and very spooky!) (okay, not really) points:
When Getting A Woman In The Executive Suite Isn't Enough
A third of the films accepted for the directors' fortnight portion of the Cannes film festival were directed by women. That this counts as a respectable ratio is sadly par for the course when it comes to directing. And Cannes includes films from around the world; the proportion of Hollywood movies directed by women is…
Catherine Hardwicke On Shooting Sex Scenes
"Not to point to the elephant in the room," said moderator Jay Fernandez to Catherine Hardwicke today, "but what does that have to do with being a woman?"
Twilight Director: Only Men Were Considered To Helm The Fighter
"I couldn't get an interview" to direct The Fighter "even though my last movie made $400 million," Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke said. "I was told it had to be directed by a man — am I crazy?" Is she?
There Is No "Kathryn Bigelow Effect" This Year
The Directors Guild Of America nominees are all male this year. But that's just because female directors didn't make any good movies! Well, except for Winter's Bone. Or The Kids Or All Right.The Coen brothers were also ignored.
